In this sermon excerpt, the speaker draws from Romans to emphasize the immediate confession of faith—believing with the heart and declaring Jesus as Lord. He acknowledges that new believers often expect instant freedom from sinful habits, but he clarifies that true discipleship involves ongoing struggle, self‑death, and taking up the cross. The Holy Spirit is presented as the divine advocate and source of power that enables believers to live out this costly calling, since human effort alone is insufficient. Central to the message is the claim that the mind is the primary battleground for the Christian life; renewing and controlling the mind is essential for spiritual victory.
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the way that they presented, but it's literally going to Romans where Paul was writing. And you say, confess that with your mouth and believe with your heart by faith. And we do, we accept that Jesus is our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, instantly. And we believe that our mind should be changed and renewed right there on the spot. So we send that person out, and now they're out there, like, started with myself, it's all inclusive. It's like, well, I'm still practicing things, like, I, I can't I can't shake these habits, or like, I mean, I thought that these things with these desires stuff were going to go away. And that's the furthest from the truth, because it's called discipleship. And see, discipleship is going to cost us because we are called to die to self. We are called to take up our cross, put our flesh to death. So we have to participate in it, but we have the Spirit, which is the engineer. He's the— just that source of power that God left. So he say, I know that you can't do it in your own strength by yourself, so I'm going to leave you an advocate. And he left us the Holy Spirit to help propel us, man, to help us do these things that he has called us to do. Because it wouldn't have been fair if, if we didn't have the Holy Spirit. All of us would be jacked up. None of us would be able to truly walk this life because we can't do it in our own merit. And so in the body of faith, yes, the Spirit of God is very important, But we also have to understand that the mind— and that's why I want to start here— the mind is the key to a successful Christian life. It really is. I mean, I've heard many people say, you know, the, the— it's the battleground, the arena of faith is fought in the mind, because it's just
